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16th Annual Vincent J. Dooley Awards & Scholarships

March 20th, 2023 — Posted in: ABW News, Dooley Award

SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Female Athletes

Jackie DeanAllatoona High School
Shriya GargRome High School
Amelia HardyFirst Presbyterian Day School
Kate McAteerCallaway High School
Carden OrrModel High School
Shelby PollockBaconton Community Charter School
Elizabeth ShaylorNorth Cobb Christian School
Hailey TodtBrookstone School
Abby WhitfieldStephens County High School
Kelsey WillinghamWestlake High School

Male Athletes

Kevin BrooksGrace Christian Academy
Jack DarkeForsyth Central High School
Tyreeck HallWinder-Barrow High School
Cole HetesFirst Presbyterian Day School
Ethan HughesLyndon Academy
Ryder KimAllatoona High School
Parker MilesHoly Innocents’ Episcopal School
Dylan NationCallaway High School
Kelechi NwaozuzuUnion Grove High School
Cai SabinoRome High School

IMPORTANT UPDATES!  Our ceremony at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta will take place from 10:00 AM to noon on Saturday, May 13st, with free attendance for all Dooley Award recipients listed below with the Scholarship Finalists (plus their families/coaches/AD). All student-athletes will be notified soon of the online RSVP process to log their free attendance. The traditional customized plaques for every student-athlete in the Dooley Awards process will be mailed to the representative of the high school. The one male and one female Scholarship recipients will be announced at the event on May 13th but attendance is not required to win the scholarships. There is no charge to attend the event, and light refreshments will be served free for all guests. CDC Guidelines are in effect: wear a mask based on your personal preference, informed by your personal level of risk.

Thanks for your participation in the awards process this year!

Name of SchoolName of Athlete
Adairsville High SchoolAshlynn Curry
Adairsville High SchoolJames Foster
Allatoona High SchoolJackie Dean
Allatoona High SchoolRyder Kim
Archer High SchoolTaylor Anderson
Archer High SchoolSteven McCartney
Athens AcademyMadeline Ransom
Athens AcademyTre Hawkins III
Baconton Community Charter SchoolSeth Gay
Baconton Community Charter SchoolShelby Pollock
Beach High SchoolMarco Washington
Bethlehem Christian AcademyAmy Davison
Bethlehem Christian AcademyConner Hilton
Bible Baptist Christian SchoolKyla Black
Bible Baptist Christian SchoolJames Barnes
Brookstone SchoolHailey Todt
Brookstone SchoolWalter Blanchard
Callaway High SchoolDylan Nation
Callaway High SchoolKate McAteer
Central Gwinnett High SchoolDami Odubola
Central Gwinnett High SchoolDarren L. Coleman, II
Cherokee High SchoolLottie Landmesser
Clinch County High SchoolMaggie Bell
Clinch County High SchoolPatrick Kimple
Coosa High SchoolIvan Robert Yoder
Coosa High SchoolSarah Alexis Graham
Creekview High SchoolJenny Blanton
Creekview High SchoolIsaac Hubert
Cross Keys High SchoolDeissy Mendoza
Cross Keys High SchoolMiguel Mota
Darlington SchoolBelle Brooks
Darlington SchoolGus Gammage
Etowah High SchoolDevyn Damiano
Etowah High SchoolMason Etter
Fideles Christian SchoolLily Brown
Fideles Christian SchoolThomas Grinstead
First Presbyterian Day SchoolAmelia Hardy
First Presbyterian Day SchoolCole Hetes
Forsyth Central High SchoolKatie Robbins
Forsyth Central High SchoolJack Darke
Gainesville High SchoolJohn Jessup
Glynn Academy High SchoolRebekah McKinnon
Grace Christian AcademyMallorie Jordan
Grace Christian AcademyKevin Brooks
Griffin High SchoolMakayla Toussaint
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal SchoolParker Miles
Irwin County High SchoolEmma McLeod
Irwin County High SchoolCody Soliday
Jefferson County High SchoolParis Russell
King’s Way Christian SchoolCamille Parker
King’s Way Christian SchoolTodd Nelson
Landmark Christian SchoolMadisen York
Landmark Christian SchoolAvery Hardeman
Loganville High SchoolKaylee Hood
Loganville High SchoolJason Eligwe
Luella High SchoolJace Jackson
Luella High SchoolJmar Taylor
Lumpkin County High SchoolKarson Price
Lumpkin County High SchoolT.J. Payne
Lyndon AcademyEthan Hughes
Martin Luther King Jr. High SchoolAlyssa Powell
Martin Luther King Jr. High SchoolKameron Sutton
Model High SchoolCarden Orr
Model High SchoolJoey Samples
Mount Zion High SchoolAlexa Buenrostro
Mount Zion High SchoolMykahl Walker
New Hampstead High SchoolMax Ruiz
New Hampstead High SchoolLeah Worrill
North Cobb Christian SchoolElizabeth Shaylor
North Cobb Christian SchoolReid Morlan
North Oconee High SchoolRobert “Lane” Langston
Northeast High SchoolJalayzha Williams
Northgate High SchoolLilyana Hernandez
Northgate High SchoolDean Wisenbaker
Northside High SchoolDerrick Lockhart
Ola High SchoolEmma Leonard
Ola High SchoolAiden Torres
Old Suwanee Christian SchoolRuby Tinsley
Old Suwanee Christian SchoolChris Nielsen
Rabun GapCaroline Bonomo
Rabun GapBrady Roulier
River Ridge High SchoolLily Bell
River Ridge High SchoolDavid Hansraj
Riverdale High SchoolKayla Thompson
Riverdale High SchoolHakeem Iginla
Rome High SchoolShriya Garg
Rome High SchoolCai Sabino
Saint Francis High SchoolKatie Boney
Saint Francis High SchoolJackson Westmoreland
Savannah Arts AcademyAva Coffey
St. Vincent’s AcademyCaroline Ryan
Stephens County High SchoolAbby Whitfield
Stephens County High SchoolGrady Sanders
Sumter County High SchoolSaige Alexandria Wakefield
Sumter County High SchoolDemtrice Antonio Hurley, Jr.
Tallulah Falls SchoolSarah Jennings
Tallulah Falls SchoolCanon Brooks
Temple High SchoolKyleigh Hall
The Habersham SchoolAshby Rowland
The Habersham SchoolTyler Tift
The Paideia SchoolMegan Walter
The Paideia SchoolTebarek Hillo
Tiftarea AcademyKameron Brown
Tiftarea AcademyAnn Catherine Walker
Toombs County High SchoolAlexis Hart
Toombs County High SchoolFuntain Morris
Treutlen High SchoolCooper Brantley
Union Grove High SchoolKennedy Collier
Union Grove High SchoolKelechi Nwaozuzu
Victory Baptist SchoolMarissa Lawrence
Washington Wilkes Comp High SchoolEmma King
Washington Wilkes Comp High SchoolLevi Durham
Wesleyan SchoolLily Nydam
Wesleyan SchoolThomas Chipman
West Forsyth High SchoolLymaris Vasquez
West Forsyth High SchoolRiley McKee
Westlake High SchoolKelsey Willingham
Winder-Barrow High SchoolMaya Hedden
Winder-Barrow High SchoolTyreeck Hall

Athletes to be recognized April 27, 2023 at 18th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Awards

January 23rd, 2023 — Posted in: ABW News, Wooden Citizenship Cup

Save the Date for the evening Virtual Ceremony!
Details to follow, thank you!

Nancy Lieberman – 2023 Professional Recipient of the Wooden Citizenship Cup Award
Nancy Lieberman – 2023 Professional Recipient of the Wooden Citizenship Cup Award
Joakim Noah - Professional Recipient of the Wooden Citizenship Cup Award
Joakim Noah – Professional Recipient of the Wooden Citizenship Cup Award

The 18th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, an award given to the most outstanding role models among athletes, has announced the honorees for its 2023 award ceremony, to be held April 27th in a virtual ceremony. Leading the night’s honorees will be the Professional Division recipients Nancy Lieberman and Joakim Noah. Nationally selected Collegiate and High School athletes will also be awarded for their commitment to athletics, academics, and citizenship.
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Nancy Lieberman – 2023 Professional Recipient of the Wooden Citizenship Cup Award

January 12th, 2023 — Posted in: ABW News, Wooden Citizenship Cup

Nancy “Lady Magic” Lieberman is a true pioneer in women’s sports. She was recognized as one of the top 40 female athletes of the last 40 years by both ESPN and Sports Illustrated. Her extensive resume includes being the second woman in history to coach in the NBA, becoming the Assistant Coach for the Sacramento Kings in 2015. Lieberman has been a WNBA player and coach, a BIG3 Head Coach, a WNBA general manager, president of the Women’s Sports Foundation, a sports broadcaster for ABC, NBC, ESPN, and FOX Sports Southwest, a motivational speaker, and an author. In addition, she is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, and the Hampton Roads Hall of Fame. She is also a BIG3 Champion, two-time Olympian as the youngest male or female basketball playing Silver Medalist at age 18, three-time All American, two-time collegiate national champion, and a two-time National Player of the Year at Old Dominion University. The Nancy Lieberman Award is given to the most outstanding female point guard in NCAA Division I Basketball.

Guiding youngsters and helping the disadvantaged has always been a passion for Lieberman, and through this philosophy, The Nancy Lieberman Charities was born. Education and wellness is at the heart of the many programs that the Charities provide, including educational college scholarships, basketball camps and clinics, Laptops, Back-2-School Backpacks, plus building Dream Courts across the nation which currently number 84 courts serving over 3.6 million children.

In addition to Lieberman’s impressive charity work, Lieberman has supported and participated in numerous national charities throughout the country. Lieberman sits on the Board of Governors for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and The NBA Retired Players Association. She also served on the 2013 NCAA Final Four Organizing Committee in Dallas, and on the 2014 Super Bowl Steering Committee in New York.

Joakim Noah – 2023 Professional Recipient of the Wooden Citizenship Cup Award

January 12th, 2023 — Posted in: ABW News, Wooden Citizenship Cup

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA (nine with the Chicago Bulls). He was a two-time NBA All-Star (2013/2014), 2014 All-NBA 1st team Center, and 2014 Defensive Player of the Year. He was the 2015 winner of the NBA’s J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.

In 2010, along with his mother, the artist Cecilia Rodhe, Joakim started the Noah’s Arc Foundation, which aims to give youth a stronger sense of self using art and sports as tools for development. Noah’s Arc has worked extensively with youth in Chicago, as well as Joakim’s father Yannick’s hometown of Yaounde, Cameroon. The foundation continues to operate in Chicago and in West Africa to this day.

Joakim officially retired from the NBA in 2021 and was named a Community Ambassador for the Chicago Bulls, partnering with the organization to effect positive change in the city of Chicago. In 2021, Joakim was one of a select group of NBA Legends who invested in NBA Africa, a group that will conduct the league’s business throughout the continent and aims to grow the sport of basketball in Africa on all levels.

In 2022, Joakim was named an Ambassador for the Basketball Africa League, highlighting his vision and commitment to the African diaspora on a global level.

Collegiate Athletes to be recognized April 27, 2023 at 18th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Awards

January 5th, 2023 — Posted in: ABW News, Wooden Citizenship Cup

Deslin Alexandre
Deslin Alexandre, University of Pittsburgh
Myah Selland
Myah Selland, South Dakota State University

The 18th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, an award given to the most outstanding role models among athletes, has announced the collegiate honorees for its 2023 award ceremony to be held April 27th at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.  They join Professional recipients Nancy Lieberman and Joakim Noah, plus Abby Hughes and Cody Hagen from the national high school ranks.
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Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Collegiate Finalists Announced!

December 6th, 2022 — Posted in: ABW News, Wooden Citizenship Cup

Congratulations to the College student-athletes and their school communities who have been named College Finalists for the 2023 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup! The announcement of the one male and one female College Cup recipients will be made during the first week of January, 2023.  Planning will then commence for the April 27, 2023 evening ceremony at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
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Second Annual ABW Golf Tournament Thanks Its Patrons!

December 2nd, 2022 — Posted in: ABW News, Golf tournament

The Second Annual ABW Golf Tournament conducted on November 28th at Country Club of Roswell was an outstanding success as noted by the players and sponsors. Proceeds from the event will benefit the ABW college scholarship fund. Workday was the Title Sponsor, and the Silver Sponsors were Invisors, Macrospect, and Slalom. Golfers enjoyed a challenging round of golf on a beautiful day with networking opportunities plus a wonderful golfers’ Clubhouse reception with gifts and prizes.

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Questions?  Contact Brad Catherman, Executive Director, at bcatherman@abw.org

Athletes for a Better World celebrates the life of Vince Dooley (1932-2022)

October 30th, 2022 — Posted in: ABW News, Dooley Award

Vince DooleyAthletes for a Better World (ABW) mourns the passing and celebrates the life of Vince Dooley who died at home on Friday, October 28th at age 90, surrounded by wife Barbara and their four children. Dooley was Board Director Emeritus of ABW, and Chairman of the Vincent J. Dooley Awards & Scholarships program begun by ABW in 2008. The Dooley Awards are presented to one male and one female athlete in every high school in the state of Georgia for excellence on and off the field while mirroring the ABW Code for Living. All high school award recipients are then considered for the statewide scholarships that are conferred upon one male and one female athlete each year, regardless of their sport. The annual spring awards event is held at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta where Dooley was inducted in 1995 for his coaching achievements.

Dooley’s philanthropic efforts were wide ranging inside and outside of athletics. In recognition of these selfless accomplishments, he was awarded the Professional division Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup in 2016 by ABW. The latter award recognizes exemplary character in all sports within Professional, Collegiate and High School divisions on a national basis. Dooley often attributed his inspiration to two legendary sports icons and role models, basketball Coach John Wooden and baseball great Stan Musial.

While coaching the Georgia Bulldogs, Dooley is the winningest football coach with 201 victories, six SEC titles and the 1980 national championship in his 25 years (1964-1988). He was also an award-winning athletic director at Georgia (1979-2004).

Dooley has been the recipient of countless awards, including the highest national awards in coaching and in athletic administration encompassing the Bear Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, the Duffy Daugherty Memorial Award, the James J. Corbett Memorial Award, the John L. Toner Award, and the Homer Rice Award. He is the only person ever to hold the presidency of both the American Football Coaches Association and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, plus the only person inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in two states, Georgia and Alabama. He was twice named NCAA National Coach of the Year, SEC Coach of the Year seven times, and NCAA District Coach of the Year six times. His football legacy was completed with his election to the National College Football Hall of Fame.

Read more about the legacy of Vince Dooley and ABW. Go Dawgs!

ABW GOLF TOURNAMENT

August 23rd, 2022 — Posted in: ABW News, Golf tournament

ABW GOLF TOURNAMENT

FIND OUT HOW TO PLAY FOR FREE!

ABW GOLF TOURNAMENT

Monday, November 28, 2022

Country Club of Roswell

 

Go to www.donorrise.com/ABWGolf/Golf2022 to register.

View Updates tab to be an Ambassador fundraiser to play free and win prizes!

Go to www.abwgolf.givesmart.com for the Auction!

Questions? Contact John White at johngfgs@gmail.com or 404-310-7176

 

The 15th Annual Vincent J. Dooley Scholarships Recipients for school year 2021-2022

May 23rd, 2022 — Posted in: ABW News, Dooley Award

left to right: Vince Dooley, Isabel Calimlim, Robin Hines

Ms. Isabel Calimlim of St. Vincent’s Academy and Mr. Matthew Brown of Wesleyan School have been named as the two recipients of the four-year scholarship of $1000 per year. These two recipients will also each receive $500 to donate to the charitable organization of their choice. Coach Vince Dooley and the GHSA Executive Director Dr. Robin Hines offered inspirational remarks during the ceremony held at the College Football Hall of Fame on May 21st. Athletes for a Better World Executive Director Brad Catherman plus ABW Board member and Chair of the Awards ceremony Matt Miller served as masters of ceremonies.
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